Penn State’s newest impact skill player has been on a roll the past two games.

Tight end Andrew Rappleyea caught a short touchdown pass against Nebraska and a 53-yarder in the Nittany Lions’ 40-36 win over Rutgers in Piscataway, N.J. on Saturday.

Two games. Two touchdowns. Rappleyea’s first touchdowns of the season.

Rappleyea and quarterback Ethan Grunkemeyer connected on a fourth-and-two play on Penn State’s first touchdown drive. The tight end also got a great block from true freshman wideout Koby Howard.

“(The Scarlet Knights) were in Cover 0 and then they thought … (we were) probably just going to run the ball,” Grunkemeyer said of Rappleyea’s touchdown catch afterward.

“(I) came out of it, just saw him kind of uncovered. Just gave him a chance to go make a play.”

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